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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

This unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing Germany before the Second World War is now available in a special hardback edition to celebrate the 90th birthday of its author Judith Kerr with a reproduction of the original illustrated cover. This internationally acclaimed story of one Jewish family's flight from Hitler's Germany has become a much-loved classic and this special edition hardback has been published to celebrate the 90th birthday of Judith Kerr. It features reproductions of the original cover and pages from its first printing in 1971 illustrated by the author. Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing it became dangerous for some people to live in Germany any longer. Suppose you found to your complete surprise that your own father was one of
those people. That is what happened to Anna in 1933. She was nine years old when it began too busy to take much notice of political posters but out of them glared the face of Adolf Hitler the man who would soon change the whole of Europe - starting with her own small life. One day Anna's father was missing. Then she herself and her brother Max were being rushed by their mother in alarming secrecy away from everything they knew - home and schoolmates and well-loved toys - right out of Germany...Michael Morpurgo called When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit: The most life-enhancing book you could ever wish to read.""
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This unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing Germany before the Second World War is now available in a special hardback edition to celebrate the 90th birthday of its author Judith Kerr with a reproduction of the original illustrated cover. This internationally acclaimed story of one Jewish family's flight from Hitler's Germany has become a much-loved classic & this special edition hardback has been published to celebrate the 90th birthday of Judith Kerr. It features reproductions of the original cover & pages from its first printing in 1971 illustrated by the author. Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing it became dangerous for some people to live in Germany any longer. Suppose you found to your complete surprise that your own father was one of those people. That is what happened to Anna in 1933. She was nine years old when it began too busy to take much notice of political posters but out of them glared the face of Adolf Hitler the man who would soon change the whole of Europe
- starting with her own small life. One day Anna's father was missing. Then she herself & her brother Max were being rushed by their mother in alarming secrecy away from everything they knew
- home & schoolmates & well-loved toys
- right out of Germany... Michael Morpurgo called When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit: The most life-enhancing book you could ever wish to read.""

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